"'Secret' report outlines 14,000 jobs to go" - The age September 13, 2005
Family First Senator, Stephen Fielding, says his party can't support the sale of Telstra, ..no wonder when 14,000 families, many of them in the Bush, will be trashed (increasing pressure on Backflip Barnaby).
Of course Barnaby will back the panic fire sale, after his brow furrowing, when the Price is Right.
The National Farmers Federation don't give a f***,as long as they get their $3 Billion pieces of silver. They never seem grateful for the Billions city workers support them with, and never support those workers when their jobs are on the line.
"Labor is demanding the government release a secret report which is believed to outline Telstra's plans to slash up to 14,000 jobs.
The Community and Public Sector Union (CPSU), which first revealed the existence of the document, said the 104 page report by Telstra's chief operations officer Greg Winn raised serious questions for the government and the telco giant.
Opposition Leader Kim Beazley accused the government of hiding information crucial to MPs and senators voting on the Telstra sale.
"We're trying to get to the bottom of what this government is concealing in relation to Telstra," he told reporters.
"There is a document there that we know exists.
"That document says among other things that up to 14,000 workers will be sacked when Telstra goes through a reconstruction after privatisation.
"Why isn't the document in the hands of those making decisions on the vote now?"
Oh, they want to keep Backflip Barnaby in the Dark.
He managed to find one hole in the legislation, but it wasn't the critical issue, and clearly the tories didn't want him to know about the sacking of 14,000 families.
"We want this information to be available before a vote is taken."
Fat Chance, the tories are an arrogant One Party state driven by their extremist ideology..
